JAIPUR: Chief secretary Nirnjan Arya at a review meeting of disaster management directed the local self-government department to speed up procurement of hydraulic ladder platforms in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Bhiwadi and Kota and to study the requirement in other cities including Ajmer and Bikaner.
He directed to make it a part of the integrated emergency response support system (ERSS) and purchase 200 fire fighting vehicles expeditiously.
He was presiding over the state executive meeting of the disaster and relief department on Tuesday.
Arya directed to act against the officials responsible for delay in sending the demand for agricultural input grant in the crop area in Ganganagar and the budget allocated for transportation of drinking water in Barmer and Nagaur districts.
It was decided at the meeting to increase the number of vehicles in every division of the state disaster response force (SDRF), purchase one advance life-support ambulance in all the district and ground earthing report through mobile app for declaration of drought. It was decided to prioritise the deployment of trained civil defence volunteers in fire stations, state hospitals and government offices.
The meeting also discussed pending agricultural input grant and other matters. It was decided to conduct an inquiry by the divisional commissioner in the pending cases of agricultural input grant in Dholpur district.
Anand Kumar principal secretary, department of disaster management, relief and civil defence, informed that Rs 1,546 crore assistance provided including Rs 320 crore for drought relief to districts, Rs 567 crore for flood relief and hailstorm, grasshopper attack and Rs 658 crore for Covid relief from NDRF-SDRF fund.
Joint Secretary Kalpana Aggarwal informed that Bhilwara and Dungarpur have purchased search and rescue, flood rescue and firefighting equipment, while the procurement process is going on in other districts.